Department of Geosciences University of Arizona 1040 E. 4th St. Tucson, AZ 85719
	ssmahanti@arizona.edu
	Tucson, Arizona, United States

Sankha Subhra Mahanti

Graduate Student, Department of Geosciences

The University of Arizona

Hi, I am a graduate student (PhD) in the Geoscience department at the University of Arizona. I am working with Dr. Eric Kiser in the Global Seismology and Tectonics (GSAT) group. Originally, I am from the state of West Bengal in India. I have started my PhD journey from Fall 2021 after completing my bachelor’s and master’s degree (BS-MS) in Physics from Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Kolkata in India (2016-2021).
In terms of research, I am interested in computational Seismology which primarily includes earthquake source study, earthquake location and seismic tomography. Currently, I am working on the TANGO project to understand the earthquake distribution and subsurface structure in central Andes in South America using nodal seismic data. I am using Deep-learning based methods for earthquake detection and performing local earthquake tomography to image the shallow crustal structures.
On a different note, I am highly enthusiastic about soccer and cricket. I also have interest in photography but at a very basic level. Please check out my captures here .

Education

• PhD in Geoscience (2021-Present)
  University of Arizona

• Integrated BS-MS in Physics (2016-2021)
  Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Kolkata